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In the hills above Mevagissey on the Cornish coast, where mist clings to the trees and time seems to linger in the hedgerows, there lies a garden that once disappeared from the world. Not just abandoned. Not merely overgrown. Lost. Forgotten by its owners, swallowed by ivy, bramble, and silence. It was not only the plants that vanished, but the lives of the people who had shaped them—names unspoken, stories untold. Diarmuid Gavin tells us the story of the lost Gardens of Heligan.All with thanks to Tirlán.

Always smaller than we think but incredibly strong and so vital to the health of our soils. These little creatures need a lot more respect than we give them. It's their lawn, not ours. With many thanks to Sam Corfield, author, horticulturist and wildlife expert @the_hairy_horticulturist  This one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Producer, Presenter: annabel@annabelross.com www.messagesfromthewild.com 

The Eden Project and The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall are two of the most important horticultural projects of recent times, both helmed by the brilliant mind of Sir Tim Smit – Sarah's guest on the podcast this week.Tim's work on pioneering projects like Eden is guided by three pillars that also resonate for Sarah – education, entrepreneurialism, and the environment. In this episode of ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange', we gain a rare insight into how Tim brings these values to life in projects that help reconnect people with the land and explore the potential of their own relationships with the natural environment.In this episode, learn more about:Tim's entrepreneurial streak, and how his Dutch and English heritage has informed his remarkable journey with nature and the environmentHow innovative thinking on sustainability and the environment underpins Tim's current and future projects, including the new Eden Project in Morecambe BayThe huge importance both Tim and Sarah place on improving education for the future of our natural world and the next generation of environmental entrepreneursFollow Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahravenperchhill/Eden Project Morecambe: https://www.edenproject.com/new-edens/eden-project-morecambe-ukThe Lost Gardens of Heligan: https://www.heligan.com/Get in touch: info@sarahraven.comShop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeuFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahravensgarden/Order Sarah's latest books: https://www.sarahraven.com/gifts/gardening-books?sort=newest

Us and Punk Rock Elite Podcast put together a tribute to NOFX's Punk in Drublic album to commemorate its 30th anniversary. It's all for charity, so get it bought,In order to breakdown and dissect this musical monolith, we've recruited the beast from the North East, Mick off Tearjerker, to do just that.Listen in and be amazed at the variety on the comp, the sterling effort all bands have put in and be double amazed at the articulate way we describe the songs.Which one of us has a secret musical theatre background? Which band inadvertently gets accused of living in a dingy basement? Just what is a "laid back night venue"? The only way to find out is by giving this a spin!Musical Contributions are from: The Punk Cellist, Get The F Outta Dodge, Heligan, Tearjerker, Blagged, The Crash Mats, Loudmouth, White Trash, Two Theys and a Jock, Eat Defeat, Pat Decline, Zero Cost, Graham Aspinall, The Disposables, Hike The Peak, The Latchkey Kids, Austerity Dogs, Noah Skape, Bad Milk Blood Robot, Emilie Plamondon and Making Friends.

Stuart Maconie presents Loose Ends from the North Cornwall Book Festival in St Endellion. He is joined by Patrick Gale, Tom Allan, Anna Keirle and Tim Smit, and there's music from the multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison.Patrick Gale is the author of the Emmy award-winning BBC drama Man in an Orange Shirt and novels including A Place Called Winter, A Perfectly Good Man and Notes From An Exhibition. He's been the Artistic Director of the North Cornwall Book Festival since it began in 2012. He joins Loose Ends to tell us all about his final year in the role. Born in Scotland and armed only with an English degree, Tom Allan turned his back on his desk-based city job and headed west, where a life out in the open air beckoned. Now a full-time thatcher and writer, Tom's book On The Roof tells tales of craftmanship from around the world and he joins Stuart to talk nitches, yealms and exactly what to do with a biddle. Anna Keirle is stand-up, writer and actor who has been working the comedy circuit for over 20 years performing from Cornwall to Edinburgh and beyond. She co-wrote and starred in Radio 4's Wosson Cornwall alongside Dawn French, and faced Anne Robinson when she took on - and won - The Weakest Link. Former archaeologist-come-songwriter-come-producer-come-entrepreneur Sir Tim Smit KBE once sheltered from the Cornish rain in an estate agents while on holiday - and ended up buying a house. After relocating to Cornwall, he came across someone who needed a little archaeology expertise for some overgrown and neglected land... and the Lost Gardens of Heligan were reborn. Spotting a disused pit a little further up the road, and - one night in the local pub later - plans for the Eden Project were formed. Opening in 2001, the Project has contributed over £1.9 billion to the Cornish economy. And there's music from Angeline Morrison, who joins us to play Fair Maid In Bedlam and the haunting Unknown African Boy. Angeline has been unearthing the voices of black ancestors whose footprint has been missing from the collected British folk history. Affectionately referred to as 're-storying', the result of her work - 2022's The Sorrow Songs - drew acclaim across the board, praising her “courage in reconstructing folk repertoire” as “truly revolutionary”. Presenter: Stuart Maconie Producer: Elizabeth Foster Production Co-ordinator: Lydia Depledge-MillerPhoto: Drew Shearwood

Werbung: 18.10.2024 in Ochtmannsbruch, 19.10.2024 in Wilhelmsburg, Wildwuchs Schankraum Haltung: Die Grünen. Entspannung: The Lost Gardens of Heligan, soooo schön!

Werbung: 18.10.2024 in Ochtmannsbruch, 19.10.2024 in Wilhelmsburg, Wildwuchs Schankraum Haltung: Die Grünen. Entspannung: The Lost Gardens of Heligan, soooo schön!

Vital to our existence and yet maggots have never been a very popular creature but, Dr Erica McAlister makes this particular maggot seem almost adorable. With many thanks to Dr Erica McAlister, Entomologist, Senior Curator at the Natural History Museum, Author, Presenter  @ericamcalister This one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan. annabel@messagesfromthewild.com www.messagesfromthewild.com     

Our largest ant species explains how vital ants are to our survival, despite his seemingly lazy life, he manages to make the effort. With many thanks to Professor Adam Hart, Entomologist & Professor of Science Communication, University of Gloucestershire Adam Hart And thank you to Gregory Ovenden for his ant recordings in this episode: http://www.thesoundfarmer.com This one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan. annabel@annabelross.com www.messagesfromthewild.com     

The Wyrd Mountain Gals Show "The Traveler Returns Home"   Part 1 Episode airs Sunday July 38 2024 The gals have so much to talk about that it stretches to 2 episodes Byron is back and full of......stories about her trip (what were you thinking?)  There's so much to unpack since she left & not just her suitcase.  Alicia wants to know everything.  Every.  Thing.  From there they turn to what's going on in the US since she left & are introduced to the idea of the downed tower.  The episode ends on a cliffhanger when Alicia announces that she bought something.... **TRIGGER WARNING**  This episode got pretty rough and scary, especially the subjects of politics & AI.  Probably best if you didn't listen to it.  ;-)   RenAdventures:  https://www.renadventures.com/ The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic:  https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/ Bodmin Moor:  https://www.visitcornwall.com/regions/bodmin-moor Jamaica Inn:  https://www.jamaicainn.co.uk/ St Necktan's Glen:  https://www.st-nectansglen.co.uk/ Mên-an-Tol:  https://cornishancientsites.com/ancient-sites/men-an-tol/ Dozmary Pool:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dozmary_Pool The Lost Gardens of Heligan:  https://www.heligan.com/ Alicia's art photos:  https://www.instagram.com/gtfoi/   #WyrdMountainGals #ByronBallard #TheTowerIsDown #DigitalWitchery #WTFPolitics2024  

After listening to this badger I think you'll realise that they don't deserve the bad press they seem to get. This one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan. With many thanks to Steve Backshall, Naturalist, Presenter, Author, Campaigner www.stevebackshall.com  www.messagesfromthewild.com  annabel@messagesfromthewild.com   Illustrations by Annabazyl www.fiverr.com/annabazyl  

Curious creatures woodlice, well I think so. I'm so happy I finally got to talk to one, I'd always wondered if they actually did eat their own poo. This one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan. With many thanks to Lucy Lapwing, Wildlife Presenter and Campainger @lucy_lapwing www.messagesfromthewild.com  annabel@messagesfromthewild.com   Illustrations by Annabazyl www.fiverr.com/annabazyl  

Dragonflies are out and about in all their glory across Britain now so keep your eyes peeled for them. This one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan, called Voices from the Lost Gardens. With many thanks to Steve Jones, Author and Dragonfly expert @aparthenop on Instagram.  If you want to hear the special bonus segment about their mating sequence, send us an email. Messages from the Wild on iTunes Illustrations by Annabazyl www.fiverr.com/annabazyl Feedback to: annabel@messagesfromthewild.com

Bluebells are at their peak across Britain now and they love to be admired but they really suffer as a whole if any of them are trampled on. This one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan, called Voices from the Lost Gardens. With many thanks to Nicola Bradley, Head Gardener at the Lost Gardens as she really brings these beautiful flowers to life. She's the perfect Bluebell. Messages from the Wild on iTunes Illustrations by Annabazyl www.fiverr.com/annabazyl Feedback to: annabel@messagesfromthewild.com

Watch your wrists, ankles and backs around this week's guests, it's Peterborough's very own Sprainer!These minstrels wowed your hosts when we saw them in Oldham last month, so we tracked them down for the inside track on their band and the Diesel City (that's peterborough, apparently) punk scene.The boys share with us their fighting moves which are guaranteed to cause maximum damage (to nipples), we discuss how best to beat off a bear when it's blood is up, a total disaster of a school trip and the top attractions in Peterborough.As well as that, Niall has a gig review (his last one from the English side of the boarder), we tease you all with a sneaky peek at a track from the upcoming Punk In Drublic 30th anniversary tribute and all the rubbish you've come to expect.Songs this week are from: The Peawees, Seagulls, Snotty Cheekbones, Heligan, Western Addiction and Panda Lasagne.Realer Than Most PodcastHere at Realer Than Most Podcast, we believe that hip-hop/rap is more than just...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Heligan's Head of Gardens and Estate, Alasdair Moor, is joined by our Seed Guardian, Katie Kingett, to delve into the wonderful world of seeds. Alasdair also discusses the stubborn nature of our Rhododendrons and elaborates on how our historic Flower Garden wall has become an integral part of the garden's ecosystem with Head Gardener, Nicola Bradley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heligan's Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Toby Davies for an update from the beaver enclosure, and discusses the fine art of Cider with Martin Renwick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An alternative to the traditional Christmas tree but perhaps more quintessentially British, The Oak.  This Oak lives at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall and comes from the collection I made for them last year: Voices from the Lost Gardens. With many thanks to the wonderful Dame Judi Dench, who really could not have been a more perfect Oak.  

A perfect winter warmer, this one comes from the collection I made for The Lost Gardens of Heligan, called Voices from the Lost Gardens. Jimmy Docherty really makes me laugh and he knows his stuff too - farmer, entomologist, television presenter and I would add comedian.  Visit Jimmy's Farm and support the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.  

Round the houses guv! It's a trip to South London this week for Tom and guest co-host Mark L Williamson (Niall's off on a Kraftwerk pilgrimage) to meet, greet and chat with grungy, punky 3 piece Girls Like Us.We discuss their upcoming festival appearances, hear about their fame amongst the narcotic retail community and get the inside track on their personal and sincere lyrical content.It wouldn't be an episode featuring women if we didn't have to force home the message that touching people without consent isn't bloody on. Their drummer dials in from South Africa, which is a first.AI Tony gets right on, Tom reviews his trip to the North East,  we discuss the terrible behaviour of Justin Sane (allegedly), singer of perrenial try-hards Anti-Flag and much more.Music this episode is from: The Bucky Bombs, BSS, Tilt, The Creeps and Heligan.

Heligan's Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by guests Andrew Omerod, Andy Wilson, Paul Doidge, Yoko Briggs and Louis Duddridge. It's High Summer at Heligan, and time for a solstice celebration. We discuss Emmer Wheat and its role as the foundation of human experience, agriculture, civilisation but also colonialism, check in on Heligan's ongoing glass-house restoration, and discover the joys of summer found in the Flower Garden and Pig Palace alike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second two-part episode Heligan Co-Founder Sir Tim Smit is joined by biologist Merlin Sheldrake. Their walk through Heligan's historic Productive Gardens encompasses plant evolution, post-apocalyptic food security and the nuances of worm twanging. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Tim Smit KBE (Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Durham University. This began a lifelong passion for regeneration and putting his passion and energy into his work. He has followed his occupations embracing his many interests from Archaeology through music to wreck diving, Rare Breed animal husbandry, and building restoration. In 1990 he ‘discovered' and then restored ‘The Lost Gardens of Heligan' with John Nelson and remains a director. Heligan is now one of the UK's best-loved gardens having been named ‘Garden of the Year' by BBC Countryfile Awards in March of 2018. Tim's book The Lost Gardens of Heligan won Book of the Year in 1997. Today, Tim is Executive Chair and Co-founder of the multi-award-winning Eden Project in Cornwall. Since its opening in 2001, over 23 million people have come to see a once sterile pit, turned into a cradle of life. Eden contains world-class horticulture and startling architecture symbolic of human endeavor and our dependence and unbreakable part in the systems of the natural world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantatrilliontrees/support

This month on our podcast Beauty in All Things, Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Horticultural Advisor Philip McMillan Browse to discuss the finer points of the origins of apples. We also chat with Kathleen Kendall about her family – her father was Heligan's last gardener before the gardens fell into complete disarray, as well as finding out about the very rare inhabitants of our record-breaking bug hotel, Bugginghum Palace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David heads to the annual symposium at Kells Bay gardens in County Kerry which attracts top horticulturalists from across the country. John Anderson from Windsor Castle gardens is planning for the future with climate change in mind. Alasdair Moore from the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall is championing the health benefits of heritage fruit. Also on the programme, Averil Milligan joins David to tackle listeners' questions and Maurice Parkinson tames a rambling rose. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

As the season turns at Heligan we pause, and Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore celebrates the joys of the autumn equinox. From chutney to cyder, seeds to shire horses there is a rich fullness to this time of year which we're sharing with our friends at Gillyflower, The Sensory Trust, John Marchant Gallery and the Cornish Heavy Horse Society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's late summer at Heligan, and Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is out in Valentines Field, walking the Eight Fold Year and talking with Dr Grace Twiston-Davies about wildflower collection. Here we learn about the wildflower crop, and gently move towards Harvest, and the promise of Autumn. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film-maker Peter Byck (left) reveals how cattle can be farmed to enhance the soil and biodiversity – and offer solutions to climate change. Annabel Ross interviewed him at a special screening of his films Roots So Deep at The Lost Gardens of Heligan with environmentalist Tim Smit. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: editor@countryfile.comVisit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.comPPA Podcast of the Year! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This May we're up first thing, celebrating the early risers across the gardens and estate. Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore listens in to the Dawn Chorus with Heligan Wildlife Co-ordinator Toby Davies, great great grandson of Charles Ball, one of the original Heligan gardeners, and joins Julie and Kieran in the Heligan Kitchen and Bakery for a delicious start to the day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

April brings us to the close of a chapter with Dave Burns heading off on retirement, but not before he shares his memories of discovering the Northern Summerhouse with Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore. Elsewhere, Sam, the Hairy Horticulturalist reports on action in the Barn Owl tower, and inspiration for your own garden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Philip McMillan Browse, who brought the horticultural vision back to life at Heligan. This month they'll be discussing seeds, spores and more, and how Heligan championed the popularity of heritage seeds and varieties in the early 1990s. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Spring is just around the corner at Heligan, as Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore delves into a world of bulbs, buds and even babies (of the four legged variety). With the Heligan Team and special guest Violet, we'll find out how the promise of potential touches every part of our gardens and estate this month. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Esta es una muestra de "Los jardines perdidos". La versión completa tiene una duración total de 10 h 28 min. Encuentra este audiolibro completo en https://bit.ly/losjardinesperdidos_SampleNarrado por: Nahia Laiz / Juana FemeníaUnos jardines que ocultan un gran secreto Una saga familiar llena de pasiones y misterio Una historia de amor que vence el paso del tiempo 1781: Damaris y Allie son dos hermanas huérfanas a quienes su primo, Henry Tremayne,ha acogido en la mansión de Heligan. Apasionado de la botánica, Henry quiere cumplir su sueño de crear un jardín exótico en las tierras de la familia. Para ello, no solo cuenta con la ayuda de Damaris, gran conocedora de los secretos de las plantas y las flores, sino que está decidido a recorrer todos los jardines de Inglaterra en busca de inspiración. Pero Damaris esconde una verdad que la atormenta: está irremediablemente enamorada de Julian, el guardabosques, un hombre al que rescataron de un naufragio en las costas de Cornualles y que guarda una tragedia que le impide corresponder a su amor. Dos siglos más tarde una joven londinense llega a Cornualles bajo un nombre falso, intentando huir de su pasado. En los Jardines Perdidos de Heligan, donde empieza a colaborar como voluntaria, encuentra su refugio. Muy pronto se ve inmersa en la historia de ese espacio maravilloso y lleno de magia que ha permanecido abandonado durante décadas. Cuando le piden que organice la celebración del aniversario de los Jardines, comenzará a descubrir la extraordinaria historia de dos hermanas que los habitaron en una época lejana y el poder invencible del amor.© 2022, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U.#penguinaudio #audiolibro #audiolibros #corbi #inezcorbi See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we're talking about what lies beneath our feet. Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is in conversation with Sir Tim Smit and Head Gardener Nicola Bradley, where they discuss the ecosystem built from organic material, minerals, air and water, and the world populated with a myriad of living things. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This year's first guest is organic vegetable grower Anna Greenland. Anna has supplied produce to some of the UK's top chefs, including Raymond Blanc and Jamie Oliver, has created gardens at Soho Farmhouse, Kew Gardens and the Huntington Botanical Gardens in LA. She is currently establishing a market garden and gardening school in Suffolk and has just released a book called ‘Grow Easy'. Anna talks about working with the best chefs in the best kitchens and catering to their clientele, about producing pristine veg organically, about growing food in different climates and the fundamentals of veg garden success. Dr Ian Bedford's Bug of the Week: Overwintering fruit & vegetable bugs What we cover Anna's background How Anna begins to plan a veg garden from scratch What makes a good site The chefs Anna has worked with  Growing food for a professional kitchen Keeping a veg garden in a public space looking good all year round The biggest challenges for new veg gardeners and how they can be overcome About Anna Greenland Anna was working as a model when she moved to Cornwall and began working at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall. Bitten by the veg growing bug, she took on a job at The Lost Gardens of Heligan and began supplying produce to Jamie's restaurant. From there, she moved to LA to study Ecological Horticulture and set up a food growing garden at Huntington Botanical Gardens.  After moving back to the UK, she worked at Soho Farmhouse, Le Manoir Aux Quat'Saisons for Raymond Blanc and has set up a productive area at Kew Gardens. She won gold and Best in Show for her ‘Herbs and Preserves' garden at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in 2018 and has just released a book, ‘Grow Easy'. She now lives in Suffolk where she is setting up a market garden and gardening school. Links www.annagreenland.co.uk Anna on Instagram  Grow Easy: Organic crops for pots and small plots - October 2021, Octopus Publishing Patreon Membership

"I am completely turned on by being a frog kisser." Sir Tim Smit KBE is one of the most recognisable and respected characters in the field of environment and sustainability.  He is probably best known for his achievements in Cornwall where he ‘discovered' and then restored The Lost Gardens of Heligan with John Nelson, which is now one of the UK's best-loved gardens. Tim is Executive Vice-Chair and Co-founder of the multi-award-winning Eden Project in Cornwall. Since its opening in 2001, over 22 million people have come to see a once sterile pit, turned into a cradle of life containing world-class horticulture and startling architecture symbolic of human endeavour.  Tim is also Executive Co-Chair for Eden Project International which aims to have an Eden Project on every inhabited continent by 2025. In this warm and engaging episode of Wanderful, David gets to have a meandering talk with one of his heroes exploring the inspiration behind Tim's projects and what makes them magnetic to the thousands of people who keep them vibrant and alive. Tim touches upon the problem of male vanity & ego at a time when there is a need for more collaboration and ensemble-working as we turn our attention to the challenges of climate change. The conversation ends with a gentle analysis of the word ‘community' and the importance of gifting and relationship building. Full episode https://linktr.ee/DavidPearl   Timeline 0.00 – 00.45 Theme / Introduction 00.45 Introducing Sir Tim Smit 04.16 The word ‘sustainability' versus the word ‘nature' 06.47 How does Sir Tim get so much done? The people who are drawn to Eden 11.17 The biggest barrier to resolving climate change is male vanity 12.50 How is the Tim of today compared to the Tim of the early days? 15.35 Ensembles need leaders 17.33 The Eden Project allows people to find meaning 18.56 The Big Lunch – local connections & true community 25.21 The meaning of community 26.21 Identity & Violence by Amartya Sen The polymathy that makes us 27.32 What is Sir Tim's ‘verb?' 32.02 What does Tim do when he is wandering? 35.51 David sets up the ‘Wanderful' exercise 38.27 What happened during the exercise   Resources Mentioned The Lost Gardens of Heligan https://www.heligan.com/ The Eden Project https://www.edenproject.com/ The Big Lunch https://www.purpose-done-right.com/the-big-lunch Identity & Violence by Amartya Sen https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/558/55882/identity-and-violence/9780141027807.html Ulysses by Lord Tennyson https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45392/ulysses Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31463.Far_From_the_Madding_Crowd Standout Quotes “Almost everybody who comes towards or who is drawn to Eden is a slightly square peg looking for a square hole.” (Sir Tim Smit) “The biggest barrier to resolving climate change is male vanity” (David Pearl attributed to Sir Tim Smit) ‘Vanity leads you to not listening enough. Nobody ever learnt anything by talking” (Sir Tim Smit) “True genius is generally a construct of many different people” (Sir Tim Smit) “The key code to you is noticing that a whole bunch of people needed you and valued you.” (Sir Tim Smit) “The thing about the Big Lunch is not the day that's important, it's all the socialising and organising before.” (Sir Tim Smit) “People are basically good. They don't know how to be given permission to do good things sometimes.” (Sir Tim Smit) “The origin of community is ‘comm' meaning together and ‘munos', meaning gift. It's about the relationships of the people. You can't be in a community if its passive” (Sir Tim Smit) “Can I have a verb which is to kiss frogs? I am completely turned on by being a frog kisser. I love putting things into good heart. (Sir Tim Smit) “You can't always re-build but you can if you are thoughtful, gentle and kind, make things content again.” (Sir Tim Smit) “Contentment is a deeper running river.” (Sir Tim Smit) “We take water as a simple thing at our peril.” (Sir Tim Smit)   Street Wisdom is an everyday creative practise founded by David Pearl which you use as you walk to help you unblock your mind to find clarity and inspiration. You can download our simple audio guides on Spotify – just search for Street Wisdom.   Connect Sir Tim Smit KBE Web - www.edenproject.com, Twitter – edenproject LinkedIn – eden-project  Facebook- theedenproject Instagram –edenprojectcornwall David Pearl Twitter @davidpearlhere Instagram @davidpearl_here Andrew Paine (Producer) Twitter @ItPainesMe                        

Dr. Tony Kendle is a horticulturist, educator, and researcher. He is the co-author of Urban Nature Conservation: Landscape Management in the Urban Countryside and the new book A Wonder In the Garden. Both books review the importance of urban and garden biodiversity. After working for a local government parks department, Tony studied horticulture at the University of Bath. This lead to further study and research in the University of Liverpool's Department of Botany and Ecology. Tony was awarded a Ph.D. on the reclamation of mine spoil and the creation of new woodlands on destroyed land. This was followed by several years working as an ecological consultant, which gave him experience in the restoration of many degraded sites, from coal mines to metal mines, deserts, and even the island of St Helena in the mid-Atlantic. During this same time period, Tony also worked with Peter Thoday, horticultural teacher, and presenter of the Victorian Kitchen Garden on the BBC. Through joint consultancy, they produced management plans and tree surveys for heritage sites and healthcare properties. Tony then moved to the University of Reading where for ten years he taught Horticulture and Landscape Management in the degree and postgraduate level programs. His additional experience includes being a visiting teacher at the Royal Agricultural College and the Kew School of Horticulture. Tony's former students have progressed to roles in many countries as greenspace managers, educators, and directors of organizations working on city greening and community health. His combined experiences led Tony to a role as a member of the founding team for the globally famous Eden Project in Cornwall – a site recognized for “reconnecting humankind with the natural world.” The Eden Project is a botanical garden that was established as part of the United Kingdom's Millennium initiative of national inspirational projects. It was developed by the team that had earlier restored the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Rather than being a conservatory of rare plants, Eden has an educational charitable mission. The living collections demonstrate our daily dependence on plants and the places where they are grown for us. The living collections are not rarities but staples, even so, they are plants that few people ever get to see in person. Tony now works for Eden's new company, the Eden Project International which works on developments throughout the United Kingdom and around the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantatrilliontrees/support

GOOD LAD ALERT! This week we welcome one of the most prolific punx going, Mr Jeff Dean. Some of his work, which you'll hear on the show is Heavy Seas, Dead Ending, Airstream Futures and Her Head's On Fire. As well as that, we've got sharks, white russians, toffee vodka, sleeping in pubs on tour and a lot more lols. Additional music for your pure enjoyment is from The Newports, Heligan, Sloppy Seconds, Killercrush and Mr T Experience.

Often beautiful, sometimes deadly, but constantly ingenious, plants are the source of life and delight, myth and mayhem. Jonathan Drori CBE is the author of the acclaimed Around the World in 80 Trees, which sold 120,000 copies worldwide, an Ambassador for the WWF, fellow of the Linnean Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and a former Trustee of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. His new book Around the World in 80 Plants takes readers on a trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. Sarah Raven is the author of numerous bestselling books on both gardening and cooking, and is a regular on the BBC's Great British Garden Revival and Gardener's World. Her new book A Year Full of Flowers is a guide to gardening in all seasons, which reveals the hundreds of hardworking varieties that make the garden sing each month, together with the practical tasks that ensure everything is planted, staked and pruned at just the right time. Sir Tim Smit is best known for his achievements in Cornwall. He ‘discovered' and then restored ‘The Lost Gardens of Heligan' with John Nelson, which is now one of the UK's best loved gardens having been named ‘Garden of the Year' by BBC Countryfile Awards. Tim's book The Lost Gardens of Heligan won Book of the Year in 1997. Tim is Executive Vice-Chair and Co-founder of the multi award-winning Eden Project in Cornwall. 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Sir Timothy Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman, famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Eden Project, and the Charlestown Shipwreck & Treasure Centre, all in Cornwall, England.He studied archaeology and anthropology at Durham and worked as an archaeologist before taking an unexpected leap into the music business, working as both a songwriter and producer receiving seven platinum and gold discs. In 1987 he moved with his family to Cornwall and became involved with Rob Poole, John Nelson and The Lost Gardens of Heligan. During his time at Heligan, Smit wrote a popular book about the project.Later he dreamt up and then created the Eden Project, near St Austell, an £80 million initiative to build two transparent biomes in an old china clay pit near the village of Bodelva. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://music.apple.com/gb/album/romantically-yours/693460953If you've enjoyed listening to “Tea With Twiggy” please give take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven't done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too. If you want to connect with me I'd love to hear from you.You can find me on Twitter @TwiggyOr you can find me on Instagram @TwiggyLawsonMy thanks go to all the people that have helped this podcast happen:● Many thanks to James Carrol and all the team at Northbank Talent Management● Thanks to all the team at Stripped Media including Ben Williams, who edits the show, my producer Kobi Omenaka and Executive Producers Tom Whalley and Dave CorkeryIf you want to know more about this podcast and other produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media or email Producers@Stripped.Media to find out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

About this episode What do you do when your desire to change the world seems at odds with capitalism? Sir Tim Smit pulls back the curtains on the perception of a contradictory world that is actually not so contradictory at all. He shares the lessons and mistakes that can transform an organization from ordinary to extraordinary, and it all has to do with mutually beneficial partnerships. “If you can't do the whole job, you could end up doing a lot of damage.” So how do you make sure you can do the whole job? About Sir Tim Smit Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman is best known for his achievements in Cornwall and for writing the book The Lost Gardens of Heligan, winner of the 1997 Book of the Year. He and John Nelson restored the gardens, which are now one of the UK's best loved gardens and named “Garden of the Year” by BBC Countryfile Awards (Mar 2018).   Tim started work as an archaeologist before taking an unexpected leap into the music business, working as both a songwriter and producer receiving seven platinum and gold discs.  Tim is currently the Executive Vice-Chair and Co-founder of the multi award-winning Eden Project in Cornwall. Since its opening in 2001, over 22 million people have come to see a once-sterile pit turned into a cradle of life containing world-class horticulture and startling architecture, symbolic of human endeavour.  He dreamt up and created the Eden Project, near St Austell, an £80 million initiative to build two transparent biomes in an old china clay pit near the village of Bodelva, which is said to have contributed over £1 billion into the Cornish economy. Tim is also Executive Co-Chair for Eden Project International, which aims to have an Eden Project on every habited continent by 2025.  Key points The pandemic has exacerbated but also highlighted and accelerated necessary changes in how we interact with our environment. Long-term partnerships - that are mutually beneficial - are the key to sustained growth and opportunities that can truly make a difference. The Eden Project is more than just building pretty gardens, there are deep, social and philosophical, reasons for why it has been developing scientifically the way it has. The key to upending the status quo when it comes to clean air and water for all is having difficult conversations that really examine why capitalism and moral bankruptcy are falsely equated. Some of the difficult conversations are unintentional consequences of oversimplifying complex issues as “good” or “bad” Sir Tim Smit lists his favourite people and books that discuss intelligent approaches to understanding how the world should work, and how it was working before intervention that was backed by greed and self-interest.  Time stamps [4:18] The social impact of pandemic and lockdowns [12:14] What is the difference between investment and impact investment? [14:01] The Garden Festival, and how it helped Sir Tim Smit build the Eden Project [15:59] How Sir Tim Smit defines true impact investing [24:21] Words matter! How a “good” word like ‘farm' presents limitations and places a cap on opportunities [30:48] How does capitalism translate to good moral behaviour? [39:20] What is community? Do you define it by map lines or by social behaviour? [43:50] What education gets right (and wrong) about sustainable society [1:00:35] What is an auditor's role in social sustainability? [1:07:13] The best decision ever made in the Eden Project [1:17:59] What anthropology got wrong with indigenous cultures [1:21:45] How scientific knowledge becoming extremely accessible leaves us with no excuse to remain stagnant in our lives  [1:33:06] The unintentionally unhealthy dialogue about carbon  [1:43:51] How Sir Tim Smit got his start in appreciating nature  [1:54:33] Call to action, the “Tim Smit way” Useful links Sir Tim Smit bio at The Eden Project  The Eden Project: https://www.edenproject.com Eden International Projects - https://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/our-ethos/eden-project-international Sir Ken Robinson - TED Talks Manchester Bidwell Corporation - Project William Strickland Jr. - Bill - The value of a Teacher Stephen Lloyd - Bates Wells - Golden Share  Books by Tim:  The Lost Gardens of Heligan. London 1999: Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-06765-9 The Heligan Vegetable Bible, London 2002: Cassell Illustrated Books recommended by Tim: Buckminster Fuller: Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth Bruce Pascoe: Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture Merlin Sheldrake: Entangled Life Recent news articles: The Guardian - Eden Project to start drilling for ‘hot rocks' to generate geothermal energy Sky news - Scientists searching for 'Holy Grail' of energy begin drilling into Earth's crust to power Eden Project BBC News - Eden Project: Drilling starts for geothermal power Hawaii references - Andrea Buckman Leeward Haleakala Watershed Restoration Partnership (www.lhwrp.org)  Non-profit Uhiwai O Haleakala (uhiwai.org) Videos & Documentaries “Down to Earth” with Zac Efron on NETFLIX - Season 1 Episode 3: Costa Rica - Biodiversity  -------- Call-to-actions: The podcast is one of catalytic initiatives to help deliver on Our mission to “Raise awareness to help transition capital into Sustainable & Impact Investing faster and at scale” 1-Become a Patreon if you would like to support it, you can become a patreon and also make one-off contributions.  2-Become a sponsor We're looking for 3 founding sponsors support the mission! 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I loved this very intimate chat with Dr Lucy Loveday, who's a true inspiration to me. You can't help but catch her infectious enthusiasm for being immersed in nature. In this conversation, we talk honestly about our spiritual relationship with nature - and Lucy gives you practical, simple ways that you can start to connect with nature and feel better. Lucy is particularly interested in the benefits of nature-based activity for mental health and wellbeing. It's something we dive deep into during this conversation, where Lucy shares how her father's mental health crisis when she was 11 has shaped her life's mission. Lucy is founder of Movement & The Mind® which showcases the latest research on the benefits of physical activity for mental health and brain development. A qualified GP and experienced medical educationalist, she is Regional Director for The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine. One of Lucy's many groundbreaking projects has involved her teaming up with The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall to develop a nature-based wellbeing programme. The Movement & The Mind virtual conference will take place on 18th June. Find out more details and book your place here: www.movementandthemind.co.uk   Folllow Lucy on Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/drlucyloveday/ Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

In this week's episode, Richard Dunne speaks to co-founder of the Eden Project, Sir Tim Smit, about his personal experiences of education and fascination with the natural world, as well as what lessons he learnt from the restoration of the Lost Gardens of Heligan and creation of Eden. "There is no greater vocation than to be a teacher" says Tim, as he shares his wish for a radical new way of teaching and learning based on Nature's principles of Harmony.

Anna Greenland has grown fruit and vegetables for the likes of Raymond Blanc, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Tom Aikens and Jamie Oliver, and is at the heart of the organic growing movement. In this episode of Fresh from the Pod, she talks with Tamsin about her early life in Cornwall and how it inspired a surprising and wholesome career change to fully embrace growing organic produce! Join Tamsin next Friday via Candide Gardening Twitter for Q&A on the podcast!Fresh from the Pod is brought to you by Candide! Whether you are a beginner or expert, Candide is an indispensable tool which helps you identify, buy and care for plants as well as buy tickets to some of our most treasured gardens. Check out the website candidegardening.com or just download the app. You’ll wonder how you ever gardened without it! Produced by CandideHosted by Tamsin WesthorpeEdited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony NascèDirected by Helen Allsebrook

A conversation that Holly believes will fundamentally change your life - a brilliant, straight talking and accomplished storyteller, Tim’s journey to building Eden (billed as the 8th wonder of the world) will have you captivated from the very start. So for the first time ever on Conversations of Inspiration, his story will be shared over two episodes. In part 1, Tim shares his journey from his education studying archaeology to an unexpected career in the music industry. After relocating to Cornwall, a chance meeting led to the restoration of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, some of the world's most magical and untouched gardens. The regeneration of Heligan ignited a spark that fuelled Tim’s vision for a social enterprise that would benefit future generations for years to come. Filled with twists and turns, opportunities and enthusiasm, Tim’s story is one that is ultimately defined by passion - if ever there was proof needed that one person can make huge change and impact on our world, this is surely it. Conversations of Inspiration is brought to you with support from NatWest: visit natwestbusinesshub.com/hollytucker  for information, tips and insights to help business owners meet their goals. Follow Holly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollytucker/?hl=en

When The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall were celebrating their first quarter of a century as one of the UK's most beautiful and fascinating visitor attractions, Martin Hesp took the opportunity to talk with Sir Tim Smit, one of the main movers and shakers behind the refurbishment of the fabulous demesne... 

In this special edition, Richard Dunne, the Sustainable Food Trust's Director of Harmony in Education, speaks to co-founder of the Eden Project, Sir Tim Smit, about his personal experiences of education and fascination with the natural world, as well as what lessons he learnt from the restoration of the Lost Gardens of Heligan and creation of Eden. 

It's episode 54 pals and for the first time ever the gals have recorded remotely! Carly & Cecilia each share surprise stories from two different places (while they're social-distancing in two different cities) in an attempt to show you that ghosts really are everywhere. Carly shares a haunted library from the American Midwest; the Hoyt Public Library in Saginaw, Michigan. Then, Cecilia hops the pond to England's most haunted garden, The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. Stay safe in these trying times and always, friends!

Welcome to The Hippiecritical, your weekly dose of weird. This is a roundup of interesting gems from the world of the weird, new age and esoteric. Sign up for my newsletters at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter - - - - - This week, I cover: LSD, Snake Oil, Flu Shot Skeptics, Peace Sign Origins, and place called Heligan. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-2 Episode editing and art by Kayla Gignac, IG @creative.kale --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hippiecritical/message

Sir Tim Smit - Whose career included a spell as a rock musician of some success before he went on to create The Eden Project and to restore and evolve The Lost Gardens of Heligan - provides inspiration with his optimistic and iconoclastic vision. Disruption makes luck...   Podcast available here: https://festivalofwritingandideas.com/podcasts/

Explore the wonderful Lost Gardens of Heligan with its finder and restorer Tim Smit (who also established the Eden Project). Prepare yourself for some entertaining surprises as Tim discovers some of the more unusual produce of the magical vegetable garden. Tim is talking to Annabel Ross. You can find out more about the Lost Gardens by visiting the website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we're talking about FRUIT! Our first fruity question comes from Tessa, she would like to know, where do fruits come from? To answer Tessa's fab question we have Sir Tim Smit who built the amazing Eden Project and restored an incredible, wild, botanical garden called The Lost Gardens of Heligan. They are both in Cornwall and incredible places to visit so make sure you go one day! Tim knows all about trees, plants, nature and fruit, so he's the perfect person to tell us all about where fruit comes from! Next up is a spicy question from Blaise, who asks why are chillies so spicy and hot and what is the hottest chilli called?Find out all about what makes chillies spicy, the scale we use to measure them and which is the hottest one! Lastly, we chat about nectarines and answer Alice's question, do nectarines have nectar in them? What do you think? Find out in this week's show! A huge thank you the wonderful Sir Tim Smit for talking to us about fruits and of course a big thank you to Alice, Blaise and Tessa for this week's questions! I'll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of Everything Under The Sun. Do send in your questions, there's info about how to do that on the show's website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk. Make sure you subscribe to the show whenever you get your podcast to be the first to listen to each new episode! If you like the show please do rate and leave a review and tell all your friends to have a listen - it really does help! I hope you have a lovely week eating lots of delicious fruit! Especially strawberries, nectarines and maybe some chilli! Thank you and GOODBYE! XThe Eden Project - https://www.edenproject.comLost Gardens of Heligan - https://www.heligan.comShows website: www.everythingunderthesun.co.ukTwitter: @mollyoldfieldInstagram: @mollyoldfieldwritesFB – Molly Oldfield Writer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After visiting the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, UK, I was inspired by the labour of love it took to restore the 200 hectares to its former glory. Considering that this restoration project was a passion of John Willis for nine years, I had to ask myself what overriding passion or labour of love do I have in my life. Realising that there is no one thing, gave me pause, but then I realised this life of mine is my labour of love. We don't need a life passion, that one thing that consumes us, our lives in their entirety can be our labour of love when we engage with it fully. LISTEN to LEARN more. If you enjoyed this snippet remember, SHARING IS CARING so please leave a comment, share or review the podcast. Thanks for listening! Read the Blog Here

Tim Smit talks about the Eden Project and the importance of protecting our planet. Sir Tim Smit is best known for his achievements in Cornwall. He ‘discovered’ and then restored ‘The Lost Gardens of Heligan’ with John Nelson, which is now one of the UK’s best loved gardens having been named ‘Garden of the Year’ by BBC Countryfile Awards (Mars 2018). Tim’s book The Lost Gardens of Heligan won Book of the Year in 1997. Tim is Executive Vice-Chair and Co-founder of the multi award-winning Eden Project in Cornwall. Since its opening in 2001, 20 million people have come to see a once sterile pit, turned into a cradle of life containing world-class horticulture and startling architecture symbolic of human endeavour. Tim is also Executive Chairman for Eden Project International which aims to have an Eden Project on every habited continent by 2025. Recorded at The Eden Project in Cornwall in June 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5x15stories

We're gonna honor those who died while serving in the armed forces for Memorial Day. I picked a few songs for soldiers as well as those of parting and even one that's an satirical twist on how people celebrate the holiday. I also have my own little memorial for a musician friend who passed away recently. We have music from Marc Gunn, The Selkie Girls, The Rogues, 3 Pints Gone, Jed Marum, Bedlam Bards, Jiggernaut, Scooter Muse, The Changing Room. If you enjoy this show, LIKE it, SHARE it, post in the comments, or tell a friend. Then subscribe to the podcast and my mailing list at http://pubsong.net/ WHO'S PLAYING IN THE PUB TODAY? 0:12 "Bring Me Home, Boys" by Marc Gunn from Sci Fi Drinking Songs 4:32 "Fall of Serenity Valley" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Single 8:29 "The Parting Glass" by The Selkie Girls from Parting Glass 13:44 "The Warrior's Salute" by The Rogues from RogueTrip 17:52 "Freedom Costs" by Bedlam Bards & Marc Gunn from Firefly Drinking Songs 22:07 TRIBUTE TO JED MARUM Jed Marum is a Celtic folk singer out of Dallas. He was a big part of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I am broken-hearted to share that he died at the beginning of May at the age of 66. He was incredibly kind and generous performer who touched many lives, including mine. 22:56 "Loch Lomond" by Jed Marum from Calla's Waltz 26:46 PUB TALK 27:57 "Two Minute's Silence" by Jiggernaut from The Well 34:24 "Wear the Brown with Pride" by Marc Gunn from As Long As I'm Flyin' 37:00 "The Parting" by Scooter Muse from Saddell Abbey Annie Binding, the Royal British Legion‘s community fundraiser for Cornwall, added:“The joint project by The Changing Room and The Lost Gardens of Heligan to produce a Cornish EP to commemorate the lives of the Heligan gardeners who served in The Great War will act as a poignant reminder of their sacrifices. The Lost Garden of Heligan’s support for The Royal British Legion over the past few years has been fantastic, and we hope to keep our partnership strong for many years to come as we continue to keep alive the memory of the fallen and support the future of the living.” 41:07 "We Will Remember Them" by The Changing Room from Names On A Wall 45:43 "The Sailboat Armada" by Marc Gunn from Kilted For Her Pleasure 49:33 "Raise a Glass in Parting" by Marc Gunn from Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits If enjoy any of these artists, please support the musicians who support this podcast, buy their merch, follow them on Spotify, and share the show. Geek Pub Songs was produced by Marc Gunn. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts or to our website where you can join the Gunn Runners Club for as little as $1 per month to support my music. You can get regular updates of new videos, podcasts, lyrics, stories behind the songs, plus 21 songs for free at www.pubsong.net. THANK YOU PATRONS I want to thank everyone in the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon. There are 143 people who pledge a $1 or more per month so that I can keep creating new music and entertainment for you. You are amazing.  I want to thank my newest Gunn Runners: Russell Witte-Dycus, Craig Wallerstein, Mark Albright, Rob Wilson. Go to marcgunn.net to express your generous nature today!   PUB TALK The next CeltfatherLive concert is scheduled for Sunday, May 20 at 8 PM CST. Register at Celtfather.com/watch to join me for this free concert on YouTube. I finished up a video challenge on YouTube last month. It was called Video Every Day in April. I happily completed the challenge. So you can watch 30 new videos in a playlist I created. They are not all music. Some are vlogs for Gunn Runners and others are for musicians. That said, I have a bunch of new videos I've released. Every Tuesday, I put out a new music video. Right now, it's just me singing songs. But in the future, I hope to have more produced official music videos. In the meantime, I hope you'll check out my videos of "She's Shiny", "Browncoat Baby", "Spancil Hill" "Jasper Tabby Kitty Cat-y", "Lord of the Pounce" and "Molly Malone". I think the videos are getting better. I'd love your thoughts. I released two new singles to Patrons. The one in April is a comedy song called "Why Do You Torture Me?". The May one is of the "Mingulay Cat Song". There's also a podcast all about that episode on Celtfather Music & Travel. Check the link in the shownotes for details.

Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project; actor and writer John Gordon Sinclair; performer Sophie Willan and confectioner Andy Baxendale join Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles. Sir Tim Smit co-founded the Eden Project in Cornwall in 2001. The Dutch born businessman is also known for restoring the Lost Gardens of Heligan with John Nelson. It's 25 years since these gardens were restored to their former glory. This week the Eden Project launched a new company Eden Project International Ltd (EPIL) to establish Eden projects with international partners around the world. Eden Project International is currently working on three projects in China and others in Australia and New Zealand. John Gordon Sinclair is an author and actor, best known for playing Gregory in Bill Forsyth's film Gregory's Girl. In 2012 he turned his attention to writing crime novels and his current book, Walk In Silence, is the story of lawyer Keira Lynch who is caught up in the murky Albanian underworld. As an actor Gordon was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Newcomer for Gregory's Girl and his first outing in London's West End in She Loves Me won him a Best Actor Olivier award. Walk in Silence is published by Faber and Faber. Gordon features in the television drama Diana and I which will be broadcast on BBC Two later this year. Comedian Sophie Willan's new show Branded explores why she feels like a well-travelled alien - fitting in with no particular class or culture but still constantly being put into boxes by others. Branded by her working class background, her gender, her ambition, and her unapologetic 'Northerness', she explains the misunderstandings she's experienced in different environments. Her previous show On Record tackled the story of her childhood in care and the impact of getting access to her case files at 23. Branded is at the Pleasance Courtyard: Bunker 2, Edinburgh. Andy Baxendale is a sweet consultant who features in the BBC Two series the Sweetmakers which explores the life of confectioners in late 19th and early 20th century England. This was a time when cheap sugar meant sweets for every class in society and the modern brands that we still know and love today were created. Using period equipment, original recipes and authentic ingredients, Andy and his fellow confectioners recreate sweets of the past and discover the adulterants and toxic colours used in sweets, the Quaker families who dominated confectionery, and the poignant letters sent back from the First World War trenches. The Sweetmakers is broadcast on BBC Two. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Guest: Sir Tim Smit (UK) Host: Richard Fidler Former Archaeologist, music composer and producer, Sir Tim Smit is best known for his achievements in Cornwall in restoring the Lost Gardens of Heligan and co-creating the multi Award-winning Eden Project - a cradle of life containing world-class horticulture and startling architecture. Eden has become one of the world’s most popular man-made eco-tourism destinations with more than 16 million people visiting it since 2000. And that’s only part of the Tim Smit story…

Libby Purves meets actor Cathy Tyson; Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project; singer and songwriter Adam Cohen and designer Rupert Harry Miller. Cathy Tyson is a television, film and theatre actor. She plays the title role of Marie Curie in Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie by Alan Alda. She starred opposite the late Bob Hoskins in the 1986 film Mona Lisa for which she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe award. She appeared on television in Band of Gold and Grange Hill and on stage in The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice. Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie is at the Tabard Theatre, London. Rupert Harry Miller is a designer and author. His autobiography, Life of a Salesman, tells how he honed his salesmanship skills in Eastern Europe in the 1990s. The story of his colourful antics is clouded by the death of Rupert's brother, Julian, who suffered from haemophilia and died after developing Aids from the contaminated blood he received as part of his treatment. Life of a Salesman is published by Spiffing Covers. Adam Cohen is a Canadian singer and songwriter. His fifth album, We Go Home, was recorded in several locations including the Greek Island of Hydra, where he spent most of his childhood, and Montreal, the city of his birth. Adam is the son of Leonard Cohen, celebrated for songs such as Hallelujah, Bird on the Wire and Suzanne. We Go Home is released on Cooking Vinyl. Adam is touring Europe. Sir Tim Smit is a Dutch-born British businessman who, with John Nelson, rediscovered and then restored the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. The gardens had slipped into decline after the estate's workers had left to fight in the First World War. Sir Tim is also co-founder of the Eden Project, an environmental tourist attraction. The Lost Gardens of Heligan celebrates the 25th anniversary of its rediscovery with a photographic exhibition of The Lost Images and a walk through the garden. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Kneehigh Theatre Company from Cornwall is currently working on a brand new adaptation of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera titled Dead Dog in a Suitcase, with a script by regular Kneehigh writer Carl Grose and music by Charles Hazlewood, directed by Kneehigh founder Mike Shepherd. Charles Hazlewood spoke to us from Sweden where he was conducting a concert of music from video games with the Malmö SymfoniOrkester. He talks about his involvement in the project from taking it to Mike Shepherd as an idea around three years ago through his process of creating the score in rehearsals with the performers and scriptwriter-lyricist Carl Grose. Mike Shepherd, speaking to us at the end of the first week of rehearsals at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, where the show opens in June, speaks about the evolving story and politics of the show and the influences of modern events and modern popular culture, as well as the process of bringing it to the stage. Mike also explains how Kneehigh has developed and constantly changed direction since he founded it in 1980, and talks about some current Kneehigh projects including Kneehigh Rambles and the company's mobile theatre space the Asylum. Dead Dog in a Suitcase runs at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool from 21 June to 12 July 2014, and then will be performed in Kneehigh’s mobile theatre, the Asylum, at The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall from 30 August to 28 September. Charles Hazlewood’s Orchestival summer festival, with which Kneehigh is also involved, is on 19 and 20 July in Somerset. (Rehearsal images of Mike Shepherd and Charles Hazlewood by Steve Tanner.)

Today, about 2 fifths of the global population are classified as peasants and Ross feels moved to help label the collective aspirations of global peasantry, back into a relationship with each other, the land and ecology - where the world really works. This being in so many ways an antidote to the methodical ways of todays corporate machine - the so called 'NeoLiberal Agenda.''NeoLiberalism' isolates the poor and it invisiblizes them and so they drop of the bottom and they then turn into a problem for society to deal with, and instead of being an integral part of a cohesive and supportive community they become the rejects of society.And they are growing in number …This intriguing and provoking interview covers a very broad subject range:People = peasants, producing food, on the land for the betterment of their community. Healthy food, from healthy land, produces healthy 'aware' peasants. Ross sees the relationship of food, land and society and how we relate to each other as community, as the 3 main 'interdependent' components that can tie us with a common thread. Based on finding solutions of how individuals understand what it is to be an 'aware' peasant wanting to work in alignment with nature, while cohabiting in a world of todays fast moving mechanical, chemical, technical, corporatized monolith.Covering the premise that the world is in great trouble and that we the people are the cause both unconsciously and consciously. This is resulting in the greatest threat to wellbeing and freedom everywhere that can now be laid at the door of 'corporate ambition' and its addiction to unbridled growth and expansion, within the context of our straining biosphere.However, the greatest threat to this 'corporate ambition' is a well informed public! The challenge yet again is for the 4th estate, our media, to give us the information, truth and wherewithal to make informed decisions so as to act. Fortunately alternative media via the web is growing to fill this void.Ranging over how we in NZ were 'Programmed' by Treasury & Rogernomics & the Hijacked 4th Labour Govt.We were told that there was going to be a: Level playing field – never was! Pain before gain – continues even until today! Trickle down – became the syphon-up, to the bankers upstairs! And middle & working NZ have never recovered from this, especially that NZer's who think they own their own house, are in reality just tenants for the Bank.PositivesThe plusses of living as an 'aware' peasant translate to: Sustainability:   Leaving things better than we get them Conscionability:  Having a conscience in everything we do Empathetic sociability:  - Love for the land and having a sensibility to others suffering etc OverseasUrban Farming in the USA, do a web search for growing your own food.http://www.ripenear.me  An excellent Australian site to plug you into community.http://www.ooooby.org   Very good initiative here in Auckland.There's a term in Europe called peasantisation, where farmers are going back to simple localised growing and selling and farming as an artist or artisanal farmer.The Lost Gardens of Heligan  www.heligan.comThe world-renowned restored productive gardens and pleasure grounds. The pioneering Wildlife Project offers visitors the chance to immerse themselves in how the estates of old were organized.http://www.joelsalatin.com.au   World best farmer … incredible production per acre.  http://www.viacampesina.org     La Via Campesina : International Peasant MovementTranslates to: The road of the Peasant, is in over 20 countries, with a membership of over 200 million families.Challenges for Peasants.The land grab of Africa, where the Europeans and corporations are buying up much of Africa including Goldman Sachs, the UN is in there too 'and on the wrong side of the average African' plus, China taking-over this vast continent!Search Shock Doctrine by Naomi Cline on South America and the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world.See Bryan Bruce’s latest brilliant and insightful TV3 documentary:http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/9074283/Mind-the-Gap-Why-most-of-us-are-poorLocallyRoss's YouTube evenings in West Auckland cover subject matter such as Fracking, Smart metros,  cancer, water, and corporate water etc with a discussion afterwards.** Email sunnyvalefilms@gmail.comRoss’s question?What is it that we can do, that will make the world become better?Organic gardening and mediation and what else?Getting organised and doing it is the key.Being a micro high tech peasant is another component too.http://peasants.org.nz/overview

In the penultimate programme of his five part series on Clever Trees, Richard Uridge finds a headache-inducing specimen in the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is Tim Smit, the co-founder of the Eden Project in Cornwall. Before Tim Smit thought of building the largest greenhouse in the world, he had already attracted public attention by resurrecting The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Before that he'd enjoyed a successful music career, writing songs and working with - among others - Barry Manilow and the Nolan Sisters.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Dancing in the Street by David Bowie and Mick Jagger Book: Book with plain pages Luxury: Piano

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is Tim Smit, the co-founder of the Eden Project in Cornwall. Before Tim Smit thought of building the largest greenhouse in the world, he had already attracted public attention by resurrecting The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Before that he'd enjoyed a successful music career, writing songs and working with - among others - Barry Manilow and the Nolan Sisters. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Dancing in the Street by David Bowie and Mick Jagger Book: Book with plain pages Luxury: Piano